IP Library Granted Patent US 10,741,575
Granted Patent B2
US 10,741,575 · App. 16/115,246 · Granted Aug 11, 2020

Vertical type semiconductor devices and methods of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Eun-Taek Jung (Seongnam-si, KR); Joong-Shik Shin (Yongin-si, KR); Byung-Kwan You (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L27/11582H01L21/31111H01L27/1157H01L27/11556H01L29/66825H01L29/66833H01L29/7889H01L29/7926
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Patent No.
US 10,741,575
App. No.
16/115,246
Granted
Aug 11, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A vertical type semiconductor device includes a substrate that has a plurality of trenches, a support pattern that fills the plurality of trenches and protrudes from a top surface of the substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate that fills a space between the support patterns, a stacked structure disposed on the support pattern and the semiconductor layer that includes a plurality of insulation layers and a plurality of first conducive patterns that are alternately and repeatedly stacked, and a plurality of channel structures that penetrate through the structure and the semiconductor layer and that extend into the support pattern. Each channel structure includes a channel layer. At least a portion of the channel layer makes contact with the semiconductor layer.

Claims (46)

1. A vertical type semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate that has a plurality of first trenches extending in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate;

support patterns that fill the plurality of first trenches and protrude from the top surface of the substrate;

a semiconductor layer disposed between the support patterns on the substrate;

a stacked structure disposed on the support pattern and the semiconductor layer that includes a plurality of insulation layers and a plurality of first conducive patterns that are alternately and repeatedly stacked; and

a plurality of channel structures that penetrate through the stacked structure and that extend into the support pattern, wherein each channel structure includes a channel layer,

wherein at least a portion of the channel layer makes direct contact with the semiconductor layer.

2. The vertical type semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor layer comprises polysilicon.

3. The vertical type semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the support pattern connects lower sidewalls of adjacent channel structures.

4. The vertical type semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the support pattern extends to have a linear shape.

5. The vertical type semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein the support pattern has a pillar shape.

6. The vertical type semiconductor device of claim 5 , wherein a plurality of adjacent channel structures are disposed on one of the support patterns.

7. The vertical type semiconductor device of claim 6 , wherein the stacked structure has a linear shape that extends in a second direction, the support pattern is positioned in a cell block region and the support pattern extends in a diagonal direction that forms an acute angle with respect to the second direction.

8. The vertical type semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein a width of the portion of the support pattern that protrudes from the top surface of the substrate is less than a width of a portion of the support pattern in the first trenches.

9. The vertical type semiconductor device of claim 1 , wherein each channel structure is disposed in a channel hole, and each channel structure comprises a blocking layer, a charge storage layer, a tunnel insulation layer and the channel layer sequentially stacked on a surface of the channel hole.

10. The vertical type semiconductor device of claim 9 , wherein the blocking layer, the charge storage layer and the tunnel insulation layer expose a portion of the channel layer at a level of the semiconductor layer, and the exposed portion of the channel layer makes direct contact with the semiconductor layer.

11. The vertical type semiconductor device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of stacked structures disposed on the support pattern that are spaced apart from each other, wherein each of the plurality of stacked structures has a linear shape that extends in a second direction,

wherein a second trench is provided between adjacent stacked structures.

12. The vertical type semiconductor device of claim 11 , wherein a width of the second trench is greater than a thickness of the semiconductor layer.

13. The vertical type semiconductor device of claim 11 ,

further comprising a second conductive pattern in the second trench, wherein the second conductive pattern contacts the semiconductor layer and extends in the second direction.

14. A vertical type semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate that has a plurality of trenches extending in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate;

support patterns that fill the plurality of trenches and protrude from the top surface of the substrate;

a polysilicon layer disposed between the support patterns on the substrate;

a stacked structure disposed on the support pattern and the polysilicon layer that includes a plurality of insulation layers and a plurality of first conducive patterns that are alternately and repeatedly stacked; and

a plurality of channel structures that penetrate through the stacked structure and that extend into the support pattern,

wherein the support pattern connects lower sidewalls of adjacent channel structures,

wherein a width of the support pattern that protrudes from the top surface of the substrate is less than a width the support pattern in the trenches.

15. The vertical type semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein the width of the support pattern that protrudes from the top surface of the substrate is less than a maximum width of the support pattern in the trenches.

16. The vertical type semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein each channel structure is disposed in a channel hole, and each channel structure comprises a blocking layer, a charge storage layer, a tunnel insulation layer and a channel layer sequentially stacked on a surface of the channel hole, wherein the channel layer makes contact with the polysilicon layer, and

wherein the blocking layer the charge storage layer and the tunnel insulation layer expose a portion of the channel layer at a level of the polysilicon layer, and the exposed portion of the channel layer makes direct contact with the polysilicon layer.

17. A vertical type semiconductor device, comprising:

a substrate that has a plurality of first trenches extending in a first direction parallel to a top surface of the substrate;

support patterns that fill the plurality of first trenches and that protrude from the top surface of the substrate;

a polysilicon layer disposed between the support patterns on the substrate;

a stacked structure on the support pattern and the polysilicon layer that includes a plurality of insulation layers and a plurality of first conducive patterns that are alternately and repeatedly stacked;

a plurality of first channel structures that penetrate through the stacked structure and that extend into the substrate, wherein each of the first channel structure includes a first channel layer; and

a plurality of second channel structures that penetrate through the stacked structure and that extend into the support pattern, wherein each of the second channel structures includes a second channel layer,

wherein at least a portion of each of the first channel layer and the second channel layer makes direct contact with the polysilicon layer.

18. The vertical type semiconductor device of claim 17 , further comprising:

a plurality of stacked structures disposed on the support pattern that are spaced apart from each other, wherein each of the plurality of stacked structures has a linear shape that extends in a second direction,

wherein a second trench is provided between adjacent stacked structures.

19. The vertical type semiconductor device of claim 17 , wherein the stacked structure has a linear shape that extends in a second direction, the support pattern is positioned in a cell block region and the support pattern extends in a diagonal direction that forms an acute angle with respect to the second direction.

20. The vertical type semiconductor device of claim 14 , wherein a plurality of adjacent channel structures are disposed on one of the support patterns.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2018
From: JUNG, EUN-TAEK; SHIN, JOONG-SHIK; YOU, BYUNG-KWAN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0150741 · Nov 13, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190148399A1 · May 16, 2019
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